Pa-paya mama, pearl of the deep blue sea

tell your pa pa-paya

you're comin' home with me . . . yip!



My sweet pa-paya mamma wears a bamboo skirt

She dances barefoot an' her feet don't hurt

We drink pa-pays by the moonlit shore

And when we kiss she hollers "More, More, More!"



Pa-paya mama, pearl of the deep blue sea

Tell your pa pa-paya, you're comin' home with me! ( Yip! )



I came to Cuba for a holiday, pa-paya mama took her heart away

Vacation's over and it's time to go, and when we kiss she hollers "No, No, No!"



Pa-paya mama, pearl of the deep blue sea

Tell your pa pa-paya, you're comin' home with me! ( Yip! )







Pa-paya mama, pearl of the deep blue sea

tell your pa pa-paya

you're comin' home with me . . . yip!



My island queen I'll build a hut for you

The floors an' doors will be the best bamboo

And 'neath the Louisiana moon above

We'll sip pa-paya and we'll love, love love!



Pa-paya, pa-paya, pa-paya, paya, paya

pa pa pa-paya!



In time we'll raise a little family

To play beneath the new pa-paya tree

We'll send your papa fifty-cent cigar

'Cause he's a proud pa-paya grand-pa-pa!



Pa-paya mama, pearl of the deep blue sea

Tell your pa pa-paya, you're comin' home with me!

Pa-paya mama ( Yahoo! ) pearl of the deep blue sea

Tell your pa pa-paya, you're comin' home with me! ( Yip! )



Pa-paya, pa-paya, pa-paya!



Words and Music by Larry Coleman, Norman Gimbel

and George Sandler